As of July 2026, David Schwimmer is best known for Friends and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Find every show and movie David Schwimmer has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer

Actor Born 1966 New York City, New York, USA 11 TV Shows 8 Movies

David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor and director of television and film. He was born in New York, and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was two. He began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. In 1988, he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater and speech. After graduation, Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company. For much of the late-1980s, he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling, unemployed actor.

He appeared in the television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989. He then appeared in a number of television roles, including L.A. Law, The Wonder Years, NYPD Blue, and Monty in the early 1990s. Schwimmer later gained worldwide recognition for playing Ross Geller in the situation comedy Friends. Aside from appearing in television, he starred in his first leading role in The Pallbearer (1996), which was followed by roles in Kissing a Fool (1998), Six Days Seven Nights (1998), Apt Pupil, and Picking Up the Pieces (2000). He was then cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) as Herbert Sobel.

Following the series finale of Friends in 2004, Schwimmer was cast as the titular character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood. Other film roles include the computer animated film Madagascar (2005), the dark comedy Big Nothing (2006), the thriller Nothing But the Truth (2008), and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008). Schwimmer made his London stage debut in the leading role in Some Girl(s) in 2005. In 2006, he made his Broadway debut in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Schwimmer made his feature film directorial debut with the 2007 comedy Run Fatboy Run. The following year he made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in the 2008 production Fault Lines.

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Alongside acting, David Schwimmer is also known as a director.

David Schwimmer's most notable role to date came in Madagascar (2005), where he played Melman (voice). He also appeared in Friends (1994) as Ross Geller. Most recently appeared in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) as Melman (voice).

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📺 David Schwimmer's TV Shows

Friends
Ross Geller
1994
Curb Your Enthusiasm
David Schwimmer
2000
Band of Brothers
Herbert M. Sobel
2001
L.A. Law
City Attorney Dana Romney
1986
The Wonder Years
Michael
1988
American Crime Story
Robert Kardashian
2016
Will & Grace
Noah
2017
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
Anthony Brewer
2025
Web Therapy
Newell L. Miller
2011
Intelligence
Jerry
2020
Feed the Beast
Tommy Moran
2016

🎬 David Schwimmer's Movies

Madagascar
Melman (voice)
2005
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Melman (voice)
2012
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Melman (voice)
2008
John Carter
Young Thark Warrior
2012
Six Days Seven Nights
Frank Martin
1998
Uprising
Icchak 'Antek' Cukierman
2001
Love & Sex
Jehovah's Witness
2000
Merry Madagascar
Melman (voice)
2009

📝 Created / Written by David Schwimmer

Joey
Director
2004
Friends: The Reunion
Executive Producer
2021
Growing Up Fisher
Director
2014
Trust
Director
2010
Little Britain USA
Director
2008
Run Fatboy Run
Director
2007
Kissing a Fool
Executive Producer
1998
Since You've Been Gone
Director
1998

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